The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 75

Chapter 75: First Awakening of Love?

Ling Xiao was a ble to magically adopt other people’s appearance, he also ate magic pills like eating jelly beans. He was able to change into evil wind and had extraordinary strength. Most importantly, he could actually eat people!

Although he didn’t know how he did it, You XiaoMo was sure that the memories he was talking about definitely included sucking up the the person that held those memories. He felt that he was very very close to understanding what really happened , but no matter how much he thought, he couldn’t push through that last barrier.

After completely digesting Elder Jiang’s memories, a memory – chip-like thing emerged floating in some corner of Ling Xiao’s consciousness. Elder Jiang’s memories were recorded on that chip.

This was also one of his abilities. After absorbing other people’s memories, he would store them independently to avoid letting them get mixed up with his own memories. Lin Xiao’s memories were also handled this way , so when he had need for it, he only needed to have the intention and he would be able to see th em .

Ling Xiao opened his eyes and looked askance at the stunned You XiaoMo. The corners of his lips rose slightly, “Terrified?”

“Eh?” You XiaoMo’s soul was floating beyond the highest heavens when he suddenly heard someone talking to him. He came back to his senses and saw Ling Xiao looking at him, his dark eyes were hiding unreadable rays of light. He couldn’t help ask ing , “Just now, what was that?”

Ling Xiao saw his puzzled face and restrained the glint in his eyes, suddenly smiling, “It’s nothing. Just one of my true forms innate abilities , that’s all.”

True form ? You XiaoMo thought that this way of saying things was a little strange.

“Oh right, is Elder Jiang like that demon Luo Shan? Also sent by demons to lie low in the Tian Xin Sect and act as a spy?”

“Y eah , Elder Jiang was already hidden in the Tian Xin Sect for a hundred years. In the beginning , there indeed was a young man with the surname Jiang. But before that person could develop his fighting skills, he was already replaced by the current Elder Jiang. For a hundred years, he did not step beyond his bounds, not revealing a single clue. This time, if not for an order from the higher ups, he would not have taken the risk to eliminate me.” Ling Xiao said offhandedly.

“Why do they want to get rid of you?” You XiaoMo was very curious.

The demons actually risked exposing their valuable set piece in order to take out Ling Xiao. It only went to show how they viewed Ling Xiao as a nail in the eye that must be pulled out.

Ling Xiao raised the corners of his mouth and smiled at him, “Take a guess.”

You XiaoMo immediately lost his smile, glancing at him and said hesitatingly, “Can it be because you killed that Luo Shan?”

“Close.” Ling Xiao smiled and nodded slightly. His unparalleled radiant handsome face loomed over him.

Close? You XiaoMo thought back carefully. At that time, Ling Xiao really did kill that demon Luo Shan in front of a lot of people and later, because of that incident, it was exposed that the demons sent spies to lie low in other sects. It was said that quite a few spies were dragged out. Can it be because of that? You XiaoMo said uncertainty, “Can it be because you destroyed their grand plan?”

“Close.” Ling Xiao continued to nod his head but still didn’t give him the real answer.

“Then I don’t know.” He had already guessed up to this point and it was still not right. You XiaoMo really couldn’t figure it out.

“Idiot! Giving up so easily.” Ling Xiao rebuked him lightly , but the expression on his face was one of absolute delight, “The reason the demons sent Elder Jiang to kill me is because they think I have a way of discerning half demons. So they want to get rid of me as soon as possible.”

Talking about his, You XiaoMo suddenly remembered.

Indeed, at that time, Ling Xiao seemed to know beforehand that Luo Shan was a demon. Furthermore, usually half demons wouldn’t reveal their true appearance unless they themselves intended to. With Luo Shan’s identity, he definitely wouldn’t reveal his true form in front of so many people. So , the demon commander thought that Ling Xiao forced Luo Shan to transform. If that were the case, then they thought that Ling Xiao really had the ability to see through half demons. It was no wonder the demons wanted to get rid of him.

“Ling-shixiong, what are we going to do now? Although Elder Jiang is a half demon, if we were to reveal his identity, we will also fall under suspicion.”

Thinking of this, You XiaoMo couldn’t but be worried for Ling Xiao , since Elder Jiang was the chair of the competition. If he didn’t show up tomorrow, the Grand Master would definitely send people to look for him. If it was discovered that he died here, it didn’t matter if his identity was revealed, everyone would still be suspicious.

“You don’t have to worry about this matter. I know what to do.” Ling Xiao said , not the least bit affected.

You XiaoMo stared at him for a while and then suddenly cried out in alarm, “Don’t tell me you’re going to let someone else pretend to be Elder Jiang?”

Hearing these words, Ling Xiao examined him carefully for a while, his bright handsome eyes showed surprise. He then laughed, “Xiao Shidi, this method of yours is not bad, but … where were you going to find someone to pretend to be Elder Jiang?”

Hearing the first part, You XiaoMo was about to smile when he heard the mocking words that followed. He immediately held back his smile, “Then what is Ling-shixiong planning?”

“You know during yesterday’s first stage competition, why was it that I and Zhou Peng were chosen for the first round?” Ling Xiao didn’t answer his question as he walked around Elder Jiang’s ninja clothes. Suddenly , he used his toe to push lightly at one corner of the ninja clothes. Immediately , what sounded like identification jade tablets could be heard.

” Could it be … he wanted to test out your strength?” You XiaoMo’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“That is right.” Ling Xiao squatted down and picked up that jade tablet, “Lin Xiao is the Grand disciple of the Warrior Division with quite a bit of prestige. But these two years, he had been concealing his true strength. Elder Jiang has very little contact with him so in order to ensure that he can kill Lin Xiao, he planned to use the grand friendly competition to test out his strength. He didn’t expect Zhou Peng to ruin his plans , so he could only look for another opportunity to make his move.”

You XiaoMo didn’t expect things to actually be so complicated. Thinking back , he felt that something was not quite right, “Elder Jiang wanted to kill you. What has that got to do with me? Also how did he know that I would go out with Jiang Liu this afternoon?”

Ling Xiao suddenly rubbed his nose, shifting his gaze away from his face. “Elder Jiang heard Tang YunQi and the others talking two days ago. He knew that they were planning to deal with you , so he based his plan on theirs. He would wait for Tang YunQi’s people to lure you out, follow behind and then kidnap you … then try to frame your disappearance on Tang YunQi, oh, something like that.”

“No way. You mean I was dragged in?” You XiaoMo said in shock. He had thought that he had somehow offended someone.

“More or less.” Ling Xiao said these words somewhat guiltily but You XiaoMo didn’t notice.

“Looks like the Central Lineage really didn’t agree with me!”

Ling Xiao actually left out a few things. That included Elder Jiang seeing that they shared the same room, and furthermore, You XiaoMo wearing his clothes, so he had guessed that they could be lovers. So , he thought that if You XiaoMo would go missing, he would definitely be in complete chaos, and that would be the perfect time to make his move. That was the real reason!

The reason why he didn’t tell You XiaoMo was because of that one word, ‘lovers’.

It must be said that this word made him feel as if enlightened. The hazy feelings he had towards You XiaoMo these few days became clear in an instant. It turned out , the reason why he was always teasing You XiaoMo was because he liked him?

The great Ling Xiao couldn’t figure it out since he had never been in love. Who knew what a person in love was like?!

But because of the thoughts of Elder Jiang, the look Ling Xiao gave You XiaoMo was no longer purely a teasing or joking one. Instead there was an added thread of something inexplicable and complicated. He thought that he might have fallen under a spell!

“Let’s discuss this after we leave.” Ling Xiao kept the jade tablet.

This jade tablet was only given to the Elders of the Tian Xin Sect ; because it was used as a form of identification, they were usually unique. On top was carved Elder Jiang’s name. He only needed to engineer some fake evidence of his coming to harm and make sure that the timeline didn’t line up with theirs. In this way, the suspicions wouldn’t fall on them.

“Fine. Ah, no. I just discovered something. Wait for me a bit.” You XiaoMo also wanted to leave here as soon as possible, but when he was hiding behind the ice sculpture, he seemed to have seen something he wasn’t supposed to see.

Ling Xiao turned around and saw You XiaoMo run towards the ice sculpture he was hiding behin d . He raised his brow and followed him. He found that You XiaoMo was squinting, looking absorbedly at that ice sculpture. But it was only an ice-cold ice sculpture, what was there to see?

“Ling-shixiong, help me take a look. What is frozen inside this ice sculpture?” You XiaoMo noticed that Ling Xiao was standing at his side. He hurriedly waved at him, his eyes bursting with excitement.

Ling Xiao glanced at his face that was flushed with excitement. He felt that this face that usually seemed ordinary suddenly started to move him. He quickly shifted his line of sight, “It actually looks like a magic herb. But this ice cave is a little strange. It seems to have some kind of contraption that can cut off the super perceptive powers of human practitioners. This magic herb is also buried right at the core of the ice sculpture , making it hard to discover , if not studied carefully.”

“Is there a way to take the magic herb out?” You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao, his heart full of hopeful wings.

Caught off guard, their eyes met. Ling Xiao looked away abruptly, his heart couldn’t help fill ing with curses. Why was this fellow becoming more and more lovable every time he looked at him?